Five car brands that also sell e-Bikes

Bicycles are more popular than ever as commuters move around town using alternative mobility solutions. Riding a bike contributes to a healthy and active lifestyle and also allows you to travel in a COVID safe way with social distancing. With new post-lockdown cycle paths being set up across Aussie cities, there has never been a better incentive to ride a bike.

Electric-assisted bicycles or e-Bikes make journeys easier. The electric assistance makes it possible to arrive at the office fresh and full of energy too. An e-Bike is essentially a pushbike with an integrated electric motor giving the rider a boost when moving forward.

Pedelec assistance is the most popular option and works by adding power as you pedal the bike. Many car makers have bicycles and e-Bikes as part of their lifestyle offerings, here are five to check out.

Fresh off releasing their first fully electric vehicle into the market, Porsche has added an e-Bike to their lifestyle product range. The Porsche eBike Sport and eBike Cross have a full-suspension carbon frame inspired by the lines of the Porsche Taycan. It also has a powerful and ultra-compact Shimano EP8 motor, which provides motor support up to 25 km/h. They also feature a Shimano colour display, which shows speed, distance and range in real time. Both models were developed in collaboration with eBike expert Rotwild and are manufactured in Germany.

Pushbikes are very popular in France so it's a no brainer that Peugeot offers a whole suite of city, road and mountain bike with many given the e-Bike treatment. The majority of the Peugeot bikes are assembled in France at the CycleEurope factory. The Peugeot range of e-Bikes was first launched in 2009 and have a range between 70km and 130km.

BMW has also jumped onboard the bike trend and has released several versions over the years. One of these series is the BMW Active Hybrid e-Bike. Taking inspiration from the German car brand's hybrid technology, the Active Hybrid e-Bikes follow a similar formula with the advanced Brose electric motor able to be activated as required to supplement the rider’s pedal-power for a range up to 100km. The rider can adjust the degree of pedal assistance via the display too with speeds up to 25 km/h.

The history of Skoda began with bicycles in 1895. The company was a bicycle manufacturer before later moving to the production of motorcycles and cars. The Czech car brand is still closely associated with cycling thanks to being an official partner of the Tour de France for 15 years.

The latest bikes to wear the Skoda arrow are e-mountain bikes. The EMTB FULL is a full-suspension e-mountain bike while the EMTB is a hardtail version with front suspension. The EMTB FULL and EMTB are both fitted with a Shimano STEPS E7000 electric drive unit and other components from the Japanese manufacturer, such as the 504-Wh STEPS BT-E8010 battery specially designed for mountain bikes. The two e-bikes also include RockShox shock absorbers, Schwalbe Smart Sam Performance tyres measuring 29×2.6 inches and 1×11 gearing.

The Lamborghini E-Bike is designed and built in Italy. Like its Lamborghini namesake, it is instantly recognisable through its design. The e-Bike is a collaboration between Lamborghini and Ital Technology and is said to be the only bicycle to integrate an electric motor with a racing car style transmission. Creating a clean, efficient, rider-centric design that eliminates the need for the derailleur gears and sprockets. Using a patented electronically controlled rotary gear selector, lightning-quick shifts are achieved. The 500-watt electric motor is housed in the same unit as the transmission which reduces its weight to only 21kg.

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